Experimental evaluation of structures

Mission

Experimental evaluation of structures

  • Characterization and experimental study of structures and structural elements for building and civil works.
  • Monitoring of structures

Through facilities in which different tests are carried out, several of them accredited by ENAC, the objective is to:

  • Verification of prefabricated structural elements.
  • Approval of components for railway infrastructure.
  • Analysis of the dynamic behaviour of structural elements.
  • Fatigue study of supports, fasteners and other elements in the construction industry, determining their useful life.
  • Cooperation in the design of new elements for use in construction, based on materials such as carbon fibre, glass and others.
  • Monitoring of structures in situ and in the laboratory.
  • Instrumentation of mechanical tests and equipment calibration.

Staff

Barroso Sánchez, Francisco Javier

Dr. Ciencias Físicas

Análisis experimental de estructuras. Instrumentación y monitorización estructural

j.barroso@ietcc.csic.es
910685306 o ext. 438303

de Diego Villalón, Ana

Dr. Ingeniero de Caminos

Nuevas soluciones de materiales compuestos en Ingeniería Civil. Refuerzo estructural con FRP. Análisis experimental de estructuras

adediego@ietcc.csic.es
910686443 o ext. 438325

Chiaradia, Anna

Architect

Análisis experimental de estructuras.

anna.chiaradia@ietcc.csic.es
910686436 o ext. 438318

de Diego Villalón, Ana

Dr. Ingeniero de Caminos

Nuevas soluciones de materiales compuestos en Ingeniería Civil. Refuerzo estructural con FRP. Análisis experimental de estructuras

adediego@ietcc.csic.es
910686443 o ext. 438325

Echevarría Giménez, Luis

Ingeniero de Caminos

Evaluación del comportamiento estructural. Patología. Análisis experimental de estructuras. Modelización estructural

l.echevarria@csic.es
910686447 o ext. 438329

Guarner Peralta, Paz

Físico

Análisis experimental de estructuras. Estudios sobre elementos ferroviarios

pazguarner@ietcc.csic.es
911033168 o ext. 438352

Martín Conejo, María Teresa

Ingeniero Técnico Obras Públicas

Análisis experimental de estructuras. Estudios sobre elementos ferroviarios

maitmarco@ietcc.csic.es
911035179 o ext. 438377

Latorre Alonso, Jesús

jesuslator@ietcc.csic.es

López Cabañas, Javier

Ensayos estructurales

javier.lopez@ietcc.csic.es
911034868 o ext. 438372

Rentero Rodríguez, Gabriel

Ensayos estructurales. Instrumentación y monitorización de elementos y estructuras

gabriel@ietcc.csic.es
911035764 o ext. 438408

Soldado Martín, Rafael Pedro

Análisis experimental de estructuras

soldadosg@ietcc.csic.es
911035969 o ext. 438429

Sarabia Aranguez, Roberto

Ensayos estructurales

r.sarabia@ietcc.csic.es
911034868 o ext. 438372

Zamora Bragado, Ana

Ingeniero Industrial

Análisis experimental de estructuras. Estudios sobre elementos ferroviarios

anazb@ietcc.csic.es
911038177 o ext. 438444

Activities and Fields

The Structural Testing Unit is oriented to the characterization and experimental study of structures and structural elements, both for building and civil works.

We can mention the study of prefabricated elements such as reinforced and prestressed beams for floors, slabs, columns and panels, in order to determine their mechanical characteristics and behaviour under different solicitations.

The reproduction of reinforced concrete elements built “in situ” in order to verify by means of tests their structural behaviour and to obtain information about the mechanisms of breakage is also part of its activities,

It also studies the dynamic and fatigue behaviour of structural, support or fixing elements (anchors, neoprene, etc.) and others in the railway industry, determining their useful life as well as the evolution of their mechanical characteristics over time (sleepers, blocks, slabs and fasteners).

In collaboration with other research groups, R&D activities are carried out within the field of new materials and their application to the construction industry, both for structural strengthening and for the design of new construction elements.

As a research centre, R&D activities are carried out in the laboratory, in cooperation with other European laboratories, in the field of new materials and their application to the construction industry, both in the reinforcement of structures and in the design of new elements based on them.

For all this we have a team with extensive experience and training and facilities equipped with the most modern techniques in terms of equipment for applying loads, data collection and study and processing of results.

Tests

Ensayos

  • Ensayo especial viga
  • Ensayo losa pretensada
  • Ensayo pilote
  • Ensayo traviesa
  • Ensayo tubo gran diámetro
  • Ensayos adherencia barras
  • Ensayos de balasto con arena
  • Ensayos panel sándwich

Equipment / facilities

  • Concrete slab of the testing laboratory with anchor points with a capacity of up to 1000 kN.
  • Static actuators from 100 kN to 10000 kN.
  • Universal static and dynamic testing machines: Instron 8036 of 1,000 kN and 8805 of 1000 kN, 8801 of 100 kN.
  • Dynamic servo hydraulic actuators: Shenck 160 kN and 630 kN, 50 kN Servosis.
  • Ibertest 1,000 kN static traction-compression press.
  • Dynamic presses: 150 kN and 300 kN Servosis
  • Static and dynamic hydraulic control desks of 250 Bar and 350 Bar.
  • Permanent installation quality control tests of concrete slabs.
  • Climatic Chamber
  • Salt fog chamber
  • Oven
  • Permanent facility for forged quality control tests
  • Sensors and equipment data acquisition and recording for structure monitoring

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